The Driver (1978)

Movie Details

Original Title The Driver

Original Language EN

Budget $4,000,000

Revenue $4,900,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.5

Cast

Ryan O'Neal

The Driver

Popularity: 2.0

Bruce Dern

The Detective

Popularity: 2.5

Isabelle Adjani

The Player

Popularity: 3.3

Ronee Blakley

The Connection

Popularity: 0.6

Matt Clark

Red Plainclothesman

Popularity: 0.6

Felice Orlandi

Gold Plainclothesman

Popularity: 1.5

Joseph Walsh

Glasses

Popularity: 0.4

Rudy Ramos

Teeth

Popularity: 3.0

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Denny Macko

Exchange Man

Popularity: 0.0

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Frank Bruno

The Kid

Popularity: 0.1

Will Walker

Fingers

Popularity: 0.0

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Sandy Brown Wyeth

Split

Popularity: 0.2

Key Crew

Director Walter Hill

Screenplay Walter Hill

Editor Robert K. Lambert, Tina Hirsch

Producer Lawrence Gordon

Production

20th Century Fox

EMI Films

Videos & Trailers

STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS: THE PODCAST - Episode 7 - A Celebration of Walter Hill's THE DRIVER

Featurette

4K Teaser Spot

Teaser

4K Restoration Official Trailer

Trailer

The Driver (1978) - Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

robbery card game casino gambling detective anti hero witness heist bag of money los angeles, california criminal getaway driver set up neo-noir train station bar

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Jan 11, 2014

Sparse Urban Magnificence. The Driver is written and directed by Walter Hill. It stars Ryan O’Neil, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani and Ronee Blakley. Music is by Michael Small and cinematography by Phillip H. Lathrop. A determined cop pursues an enigmatic getaway driver through the crooked st ... Read more

Steve

Jun 30, 2017

www.noiroftheweek.com This week we take a look at the intense neo-noir, The Driver. Directed by Walter Hill, this cold neo is a perfect example of how film noir evolved into experimental crime films in the 1970s. No doubt inspired by Le Samourai which itself was inspired by This Gun For Hire ... Read more

nikkiwild

Jan 7, 2019

I love Hill's stuff, I think the car chase sequence is great and how Hill captures a city's landscape is amazing ( 48 hrs (my favorite) and The Warriors has that trademark as well.)